Homework for the week of 3/16/20
All homework is due on Friday. If you are staying home, please send me a google doc with all your homework (that is not a form or common lit)
ELA
1. Complete all common lit for this week
2. Define the following words discredit, superfluous, revitalize
3. Work on your exit project. If you are in school bring your research to class on Thursday.
SS
1. Read chapter 10. Complete the google form by Friday
2. Watch all videos in the chapter 8-10 folder. Take notes on each video
Homework for the week of 3/9/20
ELA
1. Complete the toolbox assignment (I will explain this in class) due Friday
2. Complete all Common Lit
3. Work on your exit project
SS
1. Read and outline chapter 9. Your outline should include subheadings, and information from each section. This is to be handed in on Friday
2. What role did Sacagawea play in the Corps of Discovery? Due Friday
https://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/saca.html
3. Discuss the causes of the War of 1812 (1 paragraph) due Friday
4 What role did Dolly Madison play in the War of 1812 (1 paragraph) due Friday
5. What was the Monroe Doctrine? How did it impact future foreign policy decisions? 1 paragraph due Friday
Homework for the week of 3/2/20
SS
1. List 5 precedents set by George Washington. Due Friday
2. Assess the presidency of Adams. (1 paragraph) Due Friday
3. How did the Alien and Sedition acts impact the country? Due Friday
4. Do you agree with Washington’s POV of political parties? Explain. Due Friday
5. Read the Washington Reading and Taking Sides. Take notes. Due Friday
6. Research political parties in the United States. Create a chart that includes the name of the party, when it was created, if it is still around, 2-3 notable party members, and 3 important details about the party. You must include at least 9 parties including: Republicans (early days of our nation), Federalist, Whig, Democrat (pre civil war), Republican (post civil war), Democrat mid 1900s, Republican mid 1900s, Democrat today, Republican today. Due 3/11
ELA
1. Write out the Kaplan method for answering multiple choice questions. Due Friday
2. Complete this week’s Common Lit
3. Work on your exit project
Homework for the week of 2/24/20
SS
1. The Constitution test will be on Tuesday
2. The midterm will be on Thursday
3. Work on your exit project
ELA
1. Complete this week’s CommonLit (everyone must do them). Due Friday
2. How do you think the internet has impacted bullying? Due Friday
3. Ask 5 adults (18 and over) for advice on how to deal with bullying. Chart their responses. Due Friday
Homework for the week of 2/10/20
SS
1. Complete pages 49-50 in passport. Due Tuesday
2. Study for Constitution test on Friday
3. Complete pages 28, 29, 30, 33 in passport by Friday
4. Make a chart with 5 cabinet positions. Include descriptions and current position holders. Which cabinet position suits you best? Due Thursday
ELA
1. Read “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury. Create a 1 pager for the story then answer the following questions in RACECE form
How does Margot’s difference impact her relationship with the other children?
What message do you think Bradbury was trying to relate? Explain
After the children see the sun, they “could not meet each other’s glances” when they think about what they have done to Margot. Has seeing the sun changed the children in any way? If so, how? Do the children better understand and sympathize more with Margot after seeing the sun? Why, or why not?
What role would you have played if you were in the story?
Do you have a responsibility to help other children who are being bullied?
2. Create a chart detailing all of the books you have read this year. The chart should include the title and author for each book. You should include a 1-2 sentence blurb about the book. This will be collected Friday
3. What is one book that you read this year that you think other students should read? Write a paragraph explaining why other students should read the book. Make sure you include the title and author. Due Friday
Homework for the week of 2/3/2020
SS
1. Prepare for this week’s final word discussions
2. Create an informative chart that includes the name/names of the following: Your president, your vice president, your senators in the U.S. Senate, your representative in the House of Representatives, the current members of the Supreme Court, your governor, your mayor, your representative in the New York State Assembly, your New York State senator. Your chart should include a title, labels, and the function of each position. This will be collected on Friday.
3. Study for the Constitution test next week
ELA
1. Complete the gathering evidence chart for the PBA. Due Wednesday
2. Work on your book reports
3. We are taking the MAP Growth on Thursday
4. Watch Augusto Carballido’s Ted Talk “There May be Extraterrestrial Life In Our Solar System”. Answer the following questions:
What is an astrobiologist? What is a biosignature? Why is it important to sterilize probes? What is the central idea of the talk? Due Friday
Homework for the week of 1/27
SS
1. Federalist vs. Antifederalist packet due Friday
2. Find 4 examples of checks and balances. Due Friday
3. Read chapter 8. Complete the google form. 2/24
3. Study for the midterm (the week we come back from the break)
4. Work on your exit project
ELA
1.Complete the Radio Show form by Friday
2. Complete the graphic organizer for Monsters. . . due Friday
3. We will have a $10 vocab quiz on Wednesday. All words will be on the quiz
4. Watch Aomawa Shields’ Ted Talk (found in the unit folder). What is needed for life to exist on other planets?
5. Follow the Risingstargirls link. Watch the video “Should We Be Looking For Life Elsewhere in The Universe”? What is your opinion?
Should we try to find life in the universe? 1 paragraph Due Friday
6. Explain the video to 3 adults. Ask them if we should try to find life on other planets. Record their answers. Due Friday
Homework for the week of 1/21/20
SS
1. The packet is due this Friday
2. What is the role of each branch of government? Due Friday
3. List 5 powers delegated to the states, 5 powers delegated to the federal government, and 3 powers that are shared. Due Friday
4. List all members of the Supreme Court Due Friday
5. Memorize the Bill of Rights (not word for word, I will explain this in class).
6. Memorize the Preamble to the Constitution
ELA
1. Explain the genre of science fiction. What are the characteristics of science fiction? What are examples of science fiction literature? What are examples of science fiction movies? Due Friday
2. Complete assigned Codex pages. Due Friday
3. Create a meme for each of the new vocabulary words (due Friday)
4. Work on your mystery (due 1/27)
5. Science Fiction movie assignment (will be explained in class). Due 2/1
Homework for the week of 1/13/2020
SS
1. Create a T-Chart listing the strengths and weaknesses of the Article of Confederation due Thursday
2. Complete pages 3-6, 20, in Passport due Thursday
3. Go to ICivics.org. Play at least 3 different games. Document your games. Due Thursday
4. Complete assigned worksheets by 1/24
ELA
1. Epidemiology presentation is on Wednesday
2. Define Anomoly, exacerbate, incessant Due Thursday
3. Create a one pager for Murders in The Rue Morgue Will be collected on Thurdsay https://sites.google.com/site/msconnollyshanley/reading
4. This week’s Common Lit
Homework for the week of 1/6/20
SS
1. Complete pages 224-229 in passport. Due Friday
2. Read chapter 7 complete the Google Form. Due 1/13/20
3. Watch the Liberty’s Kids video in the Chapter 7 folder. Complete the form by 1/13/20
ELA
1. Fever project (I will explain this in class)
2. Read "Murders In The Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe. Complete the graphic organizer on this link:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson796/solve-it.pdf Due 1/13/20
3. Read and passage map the EPW text for this week. Due 1/13/20
4. Complete this week’s Common Lit
Homework for the week of 1/2/2020
Book reports are due on Friday
Homework for the week of 12/16
SS
1. Create a map of important events from the revolution that took place in and around NYC. Your map should include a title, a legend, a compass rose, battles, meetings, and other sites. This will be collected. Due on Thursday
2. What was Evacuation Day? Why is it important to New York City? Due Thursday
3. How did the colonists win the war? Due Thursday
4. What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris? Due Thursday
ELA
1. Read half of Fever by Thursday. There will be a quiz
2. Complete this week’s common lit
3. Book reports are due the week we come back.
Homework for week of 12/9
ELA
1. Concept circles for the $10 words (I will explain this in class), Due Friday
2. “Most Dangerous Game” foldable. Due Friday
3. Complete this week’s Common Lit
4. “Most Dangerous Game” Codex Pages (I will give them in class) Due Friday
5. Think of all of the stories that we read this unit. Which do you consider the most extreme? Explain. Due Friday
SS
1. Declaration of Independence project (I will explain this in class) Due 12/16
2. Pick one battle that the patriots won and one battle that they lost. Compare and contrast tactics used in each battle. What made them win? What made them lose? Due Friday
3. What role did Native Americans play in the American Revolution? Due Friday
4. What role do you think you would have played during the Revolution? Why? Due Friday
5. What made George Washington such a good leader? Due Friday
Homework for the week of 12/2
SS
1. “Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” Commonlit due Tuesday
2. Complete Battle of Lexington and Concord worksheets by Wednesday
3. Revolutionary speech is due on Thursday
4. Read chapter 6. Complete the form. Due Friday
5. Complete the rest of the Common Lit
ELA
1. Read and annotate the 2 stories handed out in class this week. Answer the following questions:
1. What makes the environment extreme in each story? (2 paragraphs)
2. What is the central idea of each story? (2 paragraphs)
3. How does the person in each story survive the extreme environment? (2 paragraphs)
Due Friday
2. Complete assigned codex pages Due Friday
Homework for the week of 11/25
Happy Thanksgiving
Homework for the week of 11/18
ELA
1. Complete the foldable for the story we will read in class. (I will explain this on Monday). Due Friday
2. Pick a movie that addresses the themes of our unit. What is the name of the movie? What makes the environment extreme? What inspired the protagonist to survive the extreme environment? Due Friday
3. Complete pages 74-77 in Codex. Due Friday
4. Your Revolutionary novel should be finished by the end of this week
SS
1. Our Revolutionary meet and greet will be next Tuesday
2. Boston Tea Party Common Lit. Due Friday
3. Give Me Liberty Common Lit. Due Friday
4. Causes of the American Revolution speech (I will explain this in class)
Homework for the week of 11/12
ELA
1. Read American Revolution novel. Pages were assigned last week. Write the following reflection in your reader’s notebook Due Friday
What are your initial reactions to the protagonist? Explain (1 paragraph)
Or
Is the protagonist a relatable character
Or
What makes the setting extreme?
12. Read assigned pages in your class novel. Answer the following in your reader’s notebook
What conflict exists in the book?
Or
What would you have done differently
Your response must be at least a paragraph, include textual evidence and analysis, and is due on Friday
2. Complete all of the Common Lit by Friday
3. Complete the vocabulary power activity using all of $10 words (galvanize, instill, inadvertent, lucrative, proponent, deter, conundrum, antecedent, catalyst) https://sites.google.com/site/msconnollyshanley/class-of-2021/ela/vocabulary Due Friday
SS
1.Watch Prelude to the American Revolution. Take notes on index cards. These will be collected Due Friday
2. Watch Tea, Taxes, and the American Revolution. Take notes on index cards. These will be collected. Due Friday
3. Do you think the American Revolution was inevitable? Explain. 1 paragraph due Friday
4. Watch causes of the American Revolution video. Make a list of the causes of the revolution. Due Friday
3. Road to Revolution timeline due 11/18
Homework for the week of 11/4
SS
1. What caused the French and Indian War? 1 paragraph due Friday
2. What role did George Washington play in the French and Indian war? Due Friday
3. Was the Proclamation of 1763 fair? Due Friday
4. Did Great Britain violate the social contract after the French and Indian war? Due Friday
5. Work on your Revolutionary people project (I will explain this in class)
ELA
1. Complete page 60 in your Codex books. Due Wednesday
2. Find 5 songs that deal with the topic of survival. Create a chart that includes the name of the song, the artist, and an explanation of how the topic of survival is covered in the song. This will be collected on Friday
3. What makes the Arctic an extreme environment? Due Friday
4. Complete the vocabulary power activity using the new $10 words https://sites.google.com/site/msconnollyshanley/class-of-2021/ela/vocabulary Due Friday
5. There will be a quiz next week of story elements. I have placed videos in the Codex unit 2 folder to help you. I expect you to know about conflict (internal and external), the parts of a story (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution), and characterization
6. Bring in your EPW research on Wednesday ( I expect to see at least 3 pages using reputable sources)
7. Read assigned pages in our class novel
Homework for the week of 10/28
ELA
1. Complete this week’s common lit
2. Read through the story elements folder (https://sites.google.com/site/msconnollyshanley/reading/story-elements ). Use the information to complete the google form in the folder. Due Friday
3. What is the difference between theme and central idea (use the information from the video in Codex Unit 2). Due Friday
4. How does characterization in “The Sparrow’s Quest” support the theme? (hint: You have to discuss characterization and theme) Due Friday
5. How does the conflict in “The Four Dragons” support the theme? (hint: You have to discuss conflict-internal/external, etc. as well as theme) Due Friday
6. How have you worked on your growth mindset this week? 1 paragraph due Friday
7. Gather at least 2 pages of research for our new EPW unit. I will explain this in class. Due 11/4
SS
1. Read chapter 5. Complete the Google Form. Due 11/4
2. Complete the following worksheets (found in the chapter 5 folder): Canassatego in his own words, Robert Moses in his own words, Benjamin Franklin join or die due 11/4
3. Watch the French and Indian war video. Take notes. Due 11/4
4. There will be a Socratic Seminar on the Enlightenment on Thursday. Please be prepared.
Homework for the week of 10/21
SS
1. Work on your Lion’s Story Project. Due November 1
2. Our test on chapters 3 & 4 will be next Monday
3. Define salutary neglect. How does it apply to the colonies? Due Friday
4. Summarize the Mayflower Compact. Why is it significant? Due Friday
5. What is the significance of the House of Burgesses? Due Friday
6. Enlightenment packet. Due 10/28
Ela
1. Create a frayer model for Lucrative, Proponent, and Deter. Due Friday
2. Complete the growth mindset quiz. Due Friday
3. Complete the “What Can I Say” worksheet. Due Friday
4. What is the difference between theme and central idea? Due Friday
5. Complete this week’s common lit.
Homework for the week of 10/15
ELA
1. Complete all the Common Lit: Due Thursday
2. What high school best fits Mendoza’s character traits? Due Friday
3. What high school best fits Gregory’s character traits? Due Friday
4. Define Lucrative, Proponent, and Deter. Due Friday
5. Create a Meme using one of this week’s vocab words. I will explain this in class. Due Friday
6. Discuss a character trait that you possess that will help you be successful in high school. Due Friday
SS
1. Read “New York City’s Slave Market” (https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/29/slave-market). Write a 1 paragraph summary on the essay. Do you think the plaque is enough? (1 paragraph) Due Friday
2. Research the slave revolt in 1712 that happened in NYC. What caused it and what impact did it have? 1 paragraph Due Friday
3. Compare and contrast slavery in New York during the Dutch and British periods. 1 paragraph. Due Friday. http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/PDFs/Fact_Sheet.pdf
4. Define emancipation due Friday
5. There will be a test on chapters 3&4 next week. Start to study know
6. Create a chart detailing the geography on the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies
Homework for the week of 10/7
ELA
1. Complete assigned Codex pages due Friday
2. What character traits does Gregory possess? Use details from the text to support your answer. Due Thursday
3. Gregory compares himself to chunky peanut butter. Design your own metaphor to describe yourself. 1 paragraph due Thursday
4. Complete this week’s Commonlit
5. Book reports are due on Friday
SS
1. Read chapter 4. Complete the Google Form by Friday
2. Complete the assigned pages in passport due 10/ 15
3. Work on your brochure. It will count as a quiz grade
Homework for the week of 10/2
ELA
1. What character traits best describe Mendoza? Why? (1 paragraph due Friday)
2. Complete assigned pages in Codex. Due Friday
3. Imagine that you are chosen to speak over the announcements for “Free Read Friday”. Write 1-2 paragraphs about your book. It should be interesting and make the listeners want to read the book. Try to avoid over summarizing. Due Friday
4. Reading logs due on Friday
SS
1. Colonial Brochure due 10/15 https://sites.google.com/site/msconnollyshanley/class-of-2021/social-studies/colonies-take-root
I will be assigning each student a specific colony. Do not begin this project until I have assigned you a colony!
Homework for the week of 9/23
ELA
1. Read for at least 20 minutes every school night. Complete the reading log each time you read due Friday
2. Complete page 10 in your Codex books due Thursday
3. Describe your idea of a perfect high school (1 paragraph due 10/2)
4. Complete this week’s CommonLit by Friday
5. Interview 5 adults. Ask them for advice on how to deal with challenging situations. Create a poster (on computer paper or construction paper) showing their responses. Your poster should have a title. Decorate the poster due Friday
6. Vocab work (I will explain this in class)
SS
1. Pick 1 explorer (other than Columbus). What was their motivation for leaving Europe?Did their contributions outweigh the negative aspects of their journey? (2 paragraphs) Due Thursday
2. Pick 1 Native American tribe impacted by European interaction. Write 1paragraph explaining how they were impacted. Due Thursday
3. Who was Oloudah Equiano?Write a paragraph about his contributions. Due Thursday
4. What changes in technology allowed explorers to travel to the “New World” 1 paragraph due Thursday
5. Study for the test on chapters 1&2 on Thursday
6. Colonial Brochure (I will explain this in class). This will count as a quiz grade. It is due 10/15
7. Read chapter 3. Complete the Google Form located in the chapter 3 folder. Due 10/2
Extra credit: Make and use an astrolabe
Homework for the week of 9/16
1. Create a map using the data we collected in the schoolyard. Your map must have a title, scale indicator, orientation, border, and legend (http://www.wwu.edu/huxley/spatial/tut/what_all_maps_must_have.htm). You must name all new discoveries (land, mountains, rivers, etc.). Your map must be in color. This will be collected on Friday.
2. Watch the video on the Columbian Exchange. Take notes. We will be using the notes in a debate on Wednesday. It is also encouraged that you bring in your own information about the Columbian exchange
3. Read Chapter 2. Complete the checkpoints located on pages 39, 41, 45, 47, 48, 51, 52, 55, 57. Each answer should be at least 1 paragraph due 9/24
4. Use the "Terrible Transformation" link in the Europe Looks Outward folder. What was the middle passage? Rename the middle passage to reflect what it really was. Due 9/24
5. Complete assigned pages in passport Due Friday
ELA
1. Read 20 minutes/5x a week. Reading log due on Friday
2. Define the following words conundrum, antecedent, catalyst. Include the parts of speech. Due Friday
3.Your final EPW piece is due on Friday. Remember you are choosing 3 different types of text. You are writing a page per type on your topic.
4. Complete all CommonLit assignments by Friday
5. . Watch the Metaphor Ted Talk found in the CodeX Unit 1 folder. Complete the google form for the video. 9/24 (the form has to be submitted by Thursday. You do not need to bring in anything for this, just submit the form online)
3. Complete the High School google form by 9/24
Homework for the week of 9/9/19
ELA
1. EPW Proposal (I will explain this in class) Due Friday
2. Begin gathering notes for our EPW assignment. I will explain this in class. You should be conducting research for at least 20 minutes every day.
3. Complete the Common Lit assignments by Friday morning.
4. Choose 1 type of non fiction text that we learned about this week. Compare and contrast it with its t.v. version. (This should be at least 2 paragraphs. Due Thursday
SS
1. Use chapter 1 and your own research to complete the chapter 1 outline located in the Roots of the American People folder. Due 9/16. This should be done in your binder.
2. Use the following website to explain the connection between the Great Law of Peace and the U.S. Constitution http://www.tuscaroras.com/graydeer/influenc/page4.htm; http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/iroquois.asp
due 9/16 (about 1 paragraph)
3. Who was included in the 5 nations? Where were they located? Due Friday. You can write this as a chart.